Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Hey guys! I've gotten so many requests to go over how I pack my train case ever since I bought it in this haul. Since I took it with me for my 2-month trip to California, I wanted to share with you what I took and how it was organized. It took a lot of trial-and-error to fit everything in place as well as to select my favorite essentials to bring along, so I hope this inspires some of you in how to pack your own train case!

The specific case I own is the Sephora Metro Train Case. The exact one I purchased was on sale last year and no longer available, but they do have similar cases that are the exact shape and size but with different finishes. Here's a list of everything I mentioned in the video, and trust me, this list took a long time to type out. ;)

Whew! That took a few hours to compile but I guess that just means I fit a ton of stuff into my traincase! :)

I'm actually currently in makeup purging-and-reorganizing mode, so it's nice to have a little reminder of what amount of makeup is actually useful for an extended period of time. If anyone has tips for organizing makeup, feel free to leave them in the comments!

I hope this was helpful for those of you who are about to pack a lot of makeup for a trip, or if you just want to organize your makeup at home and want ideas for how to categorize everything. Thanks so much for reading and I'll talk to you guys soon!

40 comments:

I love how organized you are! I seriously am so motivated to go pack my own train case now. Hopefully the motivation will last me until I finish packing LOL! Thanks for sharing beautiful♥PS. You too pretty ;D

Thanks for that! So informative! Do you think you could do a review on all the foundations you have used in the past years and how you would rate them and also which staple foundation you always go back to and why?

Thanks for your sharing. Im always struggling whether I go for a train case or not!! Anyway, do you need any brushes packed inside your train case? is it possible to fit in the train case in that size? Thanks :) >3<

Great video! I have a small Caboodles train case from Walmart. When I bought it I thought it'd have more than enough room to store my makeup...but I was wrong haha! Love your Sephora one, I like how you can customize the compartments!

I've asked you on youtube, twitter and now I'm also going to do it here hehe could you please do a makeup collection/storage video? Because if these are just some of the products you love, I can only imagine the size of your entire makeup reservoir LOL I'm really organized too, so this video was a delight to watch ^^ xx

that's amazing, excellent organization and I'm guessing it holds up well on plane rides? no spillage? & also I'm guessing you needed a lot of makeup because you were doing other people's makeup as well?

I haven't taken this particular train case on a plane trip yet, but it should be fine for carry-on. Not sure that I'd check it since I don't want anything to break! And yes, there was a possibility that I had to do others' makeup... or have mine done (if you've seen the vid of Victor putting makeup on me, haha!)

Love reading your blog, esp your product reviews! it's so informative!I sooo want one of these train cases but unfortunately they don't have sephora in ireland.. :( However i may ask my aunt from CA to help me buy one and bring it over to me on her next visit, can you tell approximately how heavy is this traincase? if it's too heavy i worry she may not have the baggage allowance to carry it over for me... :(

If you are getting rid of some makeup you should sell box what can be used and let people buy them for a flat rate plus shipping. I don't know if that would work since my friend was purging her scrapbooking supplies. Hahhah Just a thought!

We have similar skintones (I'm NC30, tending to 35 in the summer) so I would love to see a review of the different foundations and concealers you've tried! I recently bought the Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream and I quite like it but also want to have an option with more coverage, maybe a concealer to pair with it.

Hai jen,can I request u do something like "no mirror make up challenge or do 5 minutes make up challenge,I always enjoy all about ur video in youtube,hope u wanna do that make up challenge...Jen,from u I inspired to be a beauty blogger.I come from indonesian,,So long time I read and learn everything from u..love u jen.u're my inspiration....Lina88makeup.blogspot.com thanks

Hi! I love your blog. Correct me if I am wrong but I saw one of your post months ago and you were putting your traincase on a folding luggage cart when you are out travelling. May I know where did you buy that and what brand? Thank you :)